Do It Yourself

We were planning to buy a new sofa for a long time. After doing much research, about different styles, colors and fabrics available, my husband placed an order for a sofa online, from the comfort of home avoiding all the hassles of buying one, from the store alternatively. On the day of Diwali, UPS delivered two packages at our place; it was a sofa, which came like a Diwali gift for both of us.

The big brown boxes were opened with great excitement and anxiety. We were well aware of the fact, that sofa will not be ready for use, rather, the few chunks and pieces, which came along had to be assembled first, for the guest to be comfortably seated; very clearly mentioned on the website when the order was placed.

To our utter surprise, the two packages contained thirty eight wooden pieces, all well numbered with screws, nuts, foam, fabric , pair of gloves and a booklet to guide through the entire assembling process. It really had to be fixed from scratch and took almost three hours, two of us working together, to give the final shape. Though the steps were precisely explained in the manual with pictures. It was more of a jigsaw puzzle to fit all thirty eight wooden parts together and not to mention they really fitted well to build a sturdy sofa which could support forty people’s weight as advertised.

Next came the role of foam and fabric. The fabric was there to thoroughly cover the wooden skeleton as well as seats and cushions. After the foam smoothly slid over the arm rest, seat and cushions were placed aptly. A robust and awesome SOFA was ready.



Assembling the sofa was a wonderful hands on experience of wood work, without having any prior knowledge of carpentry, we were able to manufacture (really!!) a sofa. It was that simple.
I am awestruck and all praises for the person who has so meticulously designed this sofa, which transforms from simple small wooden pieces of all shapes and sizes, for easy shipment and delivery to any corner of the world, into such a robust and comfortable sofa. I do appreciate the designer’s skill and accuracy of measurement, leaving no room for any kind of error and maintaining the best of quality as well.